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Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
PUBLICATION AND AUTHORSHIP 1./ The
copyright of an article published in Coolabah remains with the author. However, no article may be republished in another
journal or any other format.
2./
The only exception to republication is creative writing, photography or any
visual art that appears as part of a volume.
3./
Author/s will be requested to complete a declaration of originality and absence
of plagiarism.
4./
All articles must be original work and be free of plagiarism and/or fraudulent information.
Should any such faults be detected by the referees, Guest Editor/s or General Editors the article will be
immediately withdrawn and evidence sent to the author of the use of plagiarism
or fraudulent data. The guidelines then followed by the Guest Editor/s and
General Editors in such cases will be those published by the Committee On
Publication Ethics.
5./ It
is the responsibility of the author/s to demonstrate in their contribution that
they have the required level of research expertise in the area of the volume to
which they are contributing, and that, in the case of co-authorship, they have
contributed significantly to the article submitted.
6./
All contributions will be subjected to a double blind peer review processIn the
case of disagreement between the referees, the article will be resubmitted to a
third referee, who will make the final decision.
7./ If
the referees agree to publication of an article making recommendations for
certain changes, be they in terms of language, format, content and/or
bibliography, these must be considered and/or made by the author/s before the
article can be accepted. In the foregoing circumstances the author/s have the right
to withdraw their article if they so wish.
8/ If
the authors belong to a research group, or have received funding for their
research of which the article is part, they must state so in a foot note on the
first page.
9./
Should an author disagree with a decision not to publish he/she should first:
9.1 Register a reasoned complaint to the
Guest Editor of the volume and the General
Editors.
9.2 If the author still feels
unsatisfied with the results of his / her complaint they should then register their complaint with the Barcelona
University Complaints ombudsman/ woman
issuing a reasoned document in English and a Spanish translation of the original.
EDITORS,
PEER REVIEWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1./ It
is behoven upon the General Editors to have an editorial committee of peer
reviewers who are well recognised scholars, have experience as reviewers and
are proficient in English. For certain highly specialised volumes it is behoven
to the Guest Editor/s to refer articles to eminent specialists of their choice
in the field. All the names of these reviewers must appear in the volume
concerned.
2./
Should a reviewer recognise the author/s of the work under review they must
immediately inform the Guest Editor/s and the General Editors and the article
will be sent to another reviewer.
3./
The Guest Editor/s and General Editors must ensure that there is no area of
conflict of interest between the article under review or its author/s, peer
reviewers, Guest Editor/s or General Editors.
4./
All author/s must remain anonymous to the reviewers and all reviewers’ work must
similarly remain confidential.
5./
Under no circumstances will articles be passed to anybody other than the
reviewers, Guest Editor/s and General Editors in order to guarantee the
customary ethics of confidentiality.
6./
The General Editors must undertake to meet the publishing deadlines for each
volume.They must therefore work closely with all Guest Editor/s
7./ On
the occasions needed the Guest Editor/s and General Editors will publish any
apologies or clarifications in the following volume and by email to the author/s
concerned.
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UPDATED: 27/08/2013 Comments to sueballyn@ub.edu |